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OBJECTIVE Students look through seed catalogues, identify and discuss their favorite fruits and vegetables. The class works together to decide what they’d like to grow. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are your favorite fruits and vegetables? What should we grow in our garden? MATERIALS NEEDED • One really nice catalogue for showing the class, e.g. Baker Creek […]
OBJECTIVE Students will be able to label months according to the actions that we take in the garden. Students will be able to number the days in the month. Students will understand the growing cycle. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we plan a garden? When do our plants grow? MATERIALS NEEDED 12 blank calendar months and […]
OBJECTIVE Students will be able to determine what seeds need and plan a garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do seeds grow? Why is it important to know where our seeds come from? What do seeds need? How can we make change through our food system MATERIALS NEEDED Seed packets. Approx. 30 different crops.Index cardsCrop plan template […]
OBJECTIVE Students will act out how plants help each other grow Students will plant companion plants ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do we plant different plants together? How can plants help other plants? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students what it means to be a friend. Explain that humans are not the only living things that have […]
OBJECTIVE Students will be able to find bugs in the garden Students will be able to notice the places bugs like to live ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Which bugs live in our garden? MATERIALS NEEDED Plates for displaying bugsMagnifying glassesLarge Tupperware for collecting bugs PROCEDURE Introduction Tell students that we will be going on a scavenger hunt […]
OBJECTIVE Students connect their five senses to something in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Which senses do we use in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED Touch: sage, mullen Smell: herbs Taste: pea shoots, sorrel, cherry tomatoes, kale Sound: wind chime, bird feeder to attract birds Sight: zinnias, calendula, merigolds PROCEDURE Buy plants or have starts ready, choose […]
